Month: July 2016

In April of 2016 I had the opportunity to go see Tom Ricketts, CEO of Inland Capital and owner of the Chicago Cubs, speak at a CFA Society of Chicago event. As a finance nerd, and Cubs fan, I was very excited, and his talk did not disappoint. And even though he was talking about Read more about What I Learned from the Owner of the Chicago Cubs[…]

One podcast I frequently listen to is Tim Ferris. He always has interesting guests and he is a fantastic interviewer. One question that he often asks his guests is: if you could teach any class to eighth or ninth grade, what would it be and why. A lot of the highly successful, intelligent folks on Read more about Personal Finance 101[…]

In June, the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, held a press conference after the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The big announcement was that they left interest rates unchanged. The market yawned, fully expecting this. The talking heads, however, needing to fill air-time, arm chair quarterbacked it like true professional spectators. “What about this Read more about Stop Hatin’ on Janet[…]

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The Kraken

Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.